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Danainae (disused)

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae

Taxonomy
Danainae was named by Boisduval (1833). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nymphalidae by Sohn et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Danainae Boisduval
2012Danainae Sohn et al. p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
—Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
—CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
—EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Euheteroneura
—DitrysiaBorner 1925
—ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
—ObtectomeraMinet 1986
superfamilyPapilionoidea
familyNymphalidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyDanainaeBoisduval 1833
subfamilyDanainaeBoisduval 1833

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Danainae Boisduval 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available